See below: R. Walters r...@solarray.com Solar Engineer
On Jul 1, 2010, at 7:09 AM, Jeff Clearwater wrote: > Dear Colleagues, > > Well this one's for me! Nice to do solar for oneself after installing for > others my whole life! > > I'm putting together an small RV system in my Sprinter Van that will also act > as a small mobile power platform. SUGGESTIONS? > > I'm considering the following: What would be better??? > > Batteries: 6 or 8 Optima Blue Tops (12 Volt System - possibly 24V) (space is > limited - it's a 144" Sprinter Van) - Other sealed alternatives you think > are better? Blue tops are a Marine type battery, not their best deep cycle battery, which is the yellow top. Personally I think the Optimas are way over priced, and they just don't last that long. I've used them in some electric vehicle projects. I like B&B for sealed batteries. Their spec sheet info is the best I've seen, and prices direct from the factory are excellent. > > Modules: 2 Sanyo HIP-195BA19s (have already) & 1 undetermined 90-120 watt > module (all that will fit!) (Anyone have an extra BP 790 or an AE-90HE, > AE-120HE??? or other 24" x 48" ish module?) > > Charge Control: OB FlexMax 60 or should I wait for the Midnight Classic? > (A Sunsaver MPPT will be used for the 100 watt module). (I'll also be > dumping extra power to hot water). Or Apollo if I use the Apollo inverter > below. > > Inverter: I'd like to eventually have 120/240 so I could build from the RV. > So question is: > > A) One Outback 2012 now and then add another for 240 VAC later OR > B) Apollo TSE2212 OR > C) Magnum MS 4024 (in which case I'd have to go with a 24V pack and a 24>12 > DC>DC for 12V loads) > > Monitoring: OB Mate (Flexnet?) or (Apollo ASNET if I go Apollo). > > QUESTIONS? > > 1) Opinions of the Blue Top vs ??? > > 2) Best RV inverter - Outback? Apollo? Magnum? Experience? Vibration? > Only the Outback offers neutral switching in the transfer switch. (Does the > Magnum?). Weight is an issue as well as space. > > 3) Charge Control - Is the Classic Shipping? > > Thanks for your time! > > Best, > > Jeff C. > > -- > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Jeff Clearwater > Village Power Design > > Solar Design Consultation for the Commercial Sector > http://www.villagepower.com > goso...@villagepower.com > > NABCEP Certified Solar PV Installer ™ > http://www.nabcep.org/ > > Voice: 831-427-2799 > Fax: 413-825-0703 > 245 Dufour St > Santa Cruz, CA 95060 > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > _______________________________________________ > List sponsored by Home Power magazine > > List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org > > Options & settings: > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > List-Archive: > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > List rules & etiquette: > www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm > > Check out participant bios: > www.members.re-wrenches.org > > _______________________________________________ List sponsored by Home Power magazine List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org Options & settings: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List-Archive: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List rules & etiquette: www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm Check out participant bios: www.members.re-wrenches.org